HB3503 SFAT Rucker #1 4-11

Kraus  7502

Senator Rucker moved to amend the bill by striking out the title and substituting therefor a new title, to read as follows:

Eng. House Bill 3503—A Bill to amend the code of West Virginia, 1931, as amended, by adding thereto a new section, designated §22-11-31, relating to prohibiting the regulation by any county, municipality, or political subdivision of commercial horticulture within the subject matter of the Water Pollution Control Act; providing that such regulations are invalid and unenforceable; prohibiting any county, municipality, or political subdivision from bringing a cause of action within the subject matter of the Water Pollution Control Act against any commercial horticulture operation; and providing that any political subdivision may not enact an ordinance within the subject matter of the Water Pollution Control Act that is more stringent than any federal or state rule, regulation, program, or permitting regime.

Adopted

Rejected